Bit of background info: Graduated in May through a direct entry MSN program, passed the NCLEX in May, worked as a camp nurse over the summer, started applying in June, and finally took a job offer...
When I took my first hospital job, I'd forgotten that I'd been given a script for a low-dose narcotic (I don't remember which one - this was before nursing school). I remembered when they handed me a...
My ex did this at his jobs. "No call, no show" was his policy. He was a psych nurse. Somehow, he managed to get hired as a travel nurse, and that was the end of that. Some people do this and...
Keep licenses current for all the states you think you might work in. That's what a lot of nurses do in Chicago, where many people live/work in one state and another. I'm currently licensed in...
I sure hope not! I just got hired in a clinic as a new grad and my goal is to be back in the hospital in under 3 years. Thankfully, my workplace is on-board with allowing me time for training and...
I graduated this past spring. Applied to 100+ positions, mostly in hospitals in maternal/infant health - my research area and area of interest. Instead, one of the hospital's HRs pointed me toward...